Weather Records on 14 January 1918

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 January 1918. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 14 January 1918

On 14 January 1918, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 121 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 14 January 1918.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

134 stations

134 station records on 14 January 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 January 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brim (Boswell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jung Jung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carron Nullawell Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 14 January 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 14 January 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 14 January 1918 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 8, daily 121.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 January 1918

Top 20 records on 14 January 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 January 1918	Putten (Gld), NL	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 January 1918	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1918	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1918	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1918	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 January 1918	Bad Muskau, DE	all-time snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Vanersborg, SE	all-time low max	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Wiarton, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-25.2 C (-13.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Wiarton, CA	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Beechal, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Urana Post Office, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
14 January 1918	Kazan, RU	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 134 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1799	1
1839	1
1852	1
1858	1
1864	3
1866	1
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1878	3
1881	3
1884	2
1885	1
1889	2
1890	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	1
1902	4
1903	2
1904	25
1905	18
1906	10
1907	12
1908	9
1909	23
1910	79
1911	53
1912	53
1913	6
1914	63
1915	36
1916	17
1917	63
1918	134
1919	35
1920	66
1921	74
1922	31
1923	120
1924	48
1925	261
1926	69
1927	119
1928	626
1929	244
1930	713
1931	92
1932	1,117
1933	82
1934	163
1935	253
1936	134
1937	536
1938	425
1939	198
1940	484
1941	481
1942	385
1943	603
1944	489
1945	481
1946	292
1947	497
1948	435
1949	355
1950	930
1951	533
1952	813
1953	629
1954	404
1955	293
1956	397
1957	796
1958	296
1959	243
1960	905
1961	414
1962	485
1963	1,887
1964	1,313
1965	486
1966	300
1967	436
1968	1,198
1969	904
1970	549
1971	706
1972	1,467
1973	645
1974	1,194
1975	718
1976	585
1977	747
1978	859
1979	1,883
1980	1,162
1981	1,042
1982	1,642
1983	685
1984	876
1985	1,211
1986	580
1987	1,305
1988	917
1989	872
1990	588
1991	542
1992	1,143
1993	1,474
1994	1,112
1995	2,049
1996	1,472
1997	1,769
1998	863
1999	754
2000	804
2001	1,140
2002	1,010
2003	524
2004	1,162
2005	1,337
2006	878
2007	2,533
2008	457
2009	841
2010	644
2011	1,565
2012	415
2013	1,619
2014	452
2015	634
2016	434
2017	801
2018	601
2019	349
2020	823
2021	677
2022	529
2023	808
2024	2,058
2025	387
2026	1,202

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	114
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1